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Macbeth and the symbol of blood
... Macbeth knows that the evidence of blood is a treacherous symbol, and knows it will deflect the guilt from her and Macbeth to the servants when she says 'smear the sleepy grooms with blood.', and 'If he do bleed, I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, for ...
What was the witches' role in Macbeth?
... not dictated by fate. They also thought that the world was full of supernatural creatures, such as witches, ghosts, and many other such beings. Shakespeare incorporated these aspects of belief in his play Mac Beth. The witches, although accurately predicting what would occur, i ...
Macbeth
... goes and looks for himself and realises that one of the prophecies has come true. The army throw down their branches and prepare for battle. Macbeth kills Siward. Macduff faces Macbeth and reveals to him that he was born by Caesarean section. The prophecies of the witches are ...
Finding Courage To Die. On Hamlet
... and the revenge vs suicide problem Finding Courage to Die In William Shakespeare's ' Hamlet ' we see a young man paralyzed with grief over ... keeps in mind his moral convictions and sets out to right what he sees as a wrong doing towards his father, and ultimately his family. The plays tragic ending ...
Role of Falstaff in Henry IV, Part One
... the morals and the thinking of the day. His frivolity is necessary to make the play amusing and interesting enough to hold the reader's/viewer's attention. However, that Falstaff's scenes are needed should go without question leaving the critics and us only to debate his motivation and ...